excessive use of drugs | act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining |
(psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition | the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful |
a distinctive attire worn by a member of a religious order | (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated |
attire that is typically worn by a horseback rider (especially a woman's attire) | a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation |
an established custom | a district that has been developed to serve some purpose |
the general form or mode of growth (especially of a plant or crystal) | processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible |
| (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level |
| a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage) |
| a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess) |